Images

Descriptions of how the images were produced.

The images scanned on the high-end scanners were typically scanned at
2500 by 1700 pixels (for a 35mm) at 16 bits per colour, then cut down
to about 1000 by 680 by 8 bits per colour for viewing on a big
calibrated Mac screen, before being cut down again to 640 by 480 or less,
and JPEG compressed, for the web page. On most uncalibrated PCs, they
look nothing like the original!

As a basic check, here is a scale of grey and primaries. All steps should
be visible:

klondike.gif
Scanned from a print, on a
prototype scanner. The very first reflection copy image off
this rig, and the CCD balance was not working properly, hence the
black streaks!

my_mx5.jpg
Scanned using the same prototype,
now working properly, from an APS print. Colour corrected using our
proprietory kit, then interpolated down using Photoshop.

mx5_1.jpg
A 35mm slide, scanned on a Linotype-Hell
Topaz flatbed scanner. Corrected in Linocolor, then re-sized (drastically)
in Photoshop.

mx5_2.jpg
Also a 35mm slide, also scanned on Topaz.
The day was very dull, and the colour balance and tonal range have been
tweaked to try to get it a bit more lively.

pury1.jpg
This is a full-size, un-edited picture from the Fujifilm DS-7, taken in
the village of Yardley Gobion, near Milton Keynes, UK, in February 1997. It
shows the limitations of a single-plane 640*480 array, and JPEG compression.
It's about 66k.